Evisceration and other complications of abdominal drains
- 1 July 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Vol. 67 (789) , 687-688
- https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.67.789.687
Abstract
Summary: Drainage following major abdominal surgery remains controversial. A case of small bowel evisceration through a Wallis drain site after an abdomino-perineal excision of rectum is reported as a complication of abdominal drainage.Keywords
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